A PAIR OF HAMANO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU HAMANO NAOYUKI

Details

A PAIR OF HAMANO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed on tanzaku hamano naoyuki
The chiseled gold pair with accents of copper, silver and shakudo depicting Okame holding bells, and a tengu wearing clogs and holding a heisoku (Shinto staff)
Height 16in. (3.3cm.), 1.3/8in (3.4cm.), thickness 5mm. each (2)

Exhibited

Mikimoto Hall, Mikimoto Ginza, Tokyo, 1980.3.14--23

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), no. 35.